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Its been a while since our last post.  There’s lots of things on the go right now.  Work has been keeping us both busy, and I just completed my fourth Microsoft Certification exam this past Saturday which has given me my Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) designation.  I still have three more exams to complete before my goal of the end of the year, in order to obtain a designation of Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE).

Marina has been doing extremely well during the past 7 weeks of the pregnancy, with the exception of some fatigue that has set in.  Her 9:00pm bed time can’t come soon enough some nights.  We’ve been fortunate enough to have had two additional ultrasounds at 19 and 20 weeks.  The reason being is that our little monkey won’t stay still for the camera.  The ultrasound nurses have been trying to get the required photos for the doctors (of our baby’s development), but the pictures never seem to turn out.  It just seems that when they get that right moment… Bam! our little one if off doing another little dance in there.

The best picture from the latest ultrasound is pictured above.  Its a nice profile of our little one’s head, a hand, the body and the even the heart.  It’s hard to see it, but if you look closely just below the jawline you’ll see a black circle in the upper belly with some more definition in the centre… that’s a still of their little heart beating away.

We keep getting asked the question: Do you feel the baby moving yet?  Unfortunately during the day Marina hasn’t noticed any movement, however last week we finally made our first contact.  It was late in the evening one night and I heard marina’s stomach going like crazy.  She said she wasn’t hungry, so I rested my head on her belly to have a listen and see what was going on in there.  It sounded like fish in an aquarium swimming around and making gurgling noises.  Then out of nowhere, I received what can only be described as a boot to the head!  Yup, not just once but twice even.  There was no mistaking it, we both felt it.  It was apparent that my cheek was invading our little monkey’s space, so they decided to give me a boot and let me know that I was in their territory :)  It was pretty awesome to say the least.

Things are moving right along and we’re very much looking forward to what comes next… so stay tuned.

Until next time…

Jason, Marina and Baby